TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK in MILANO

Toray Industries, Inc.

“Ultrasuede(R)”tea-ceremony room produced by Asami Kiyokawa

Japanese artist Asami Kiyokawa's design contents are substantiated as the ability to enjoy a feel of the tip material "Ultrasuede(R)" of Toray Industries (COOL JAPAN space). If lighting is dropped, a delicate and feminine art will emerge for a Ultrasuede(R) material.

TOKYOBUSSANTEN

Jo Nagasaka

～Tradition and Innovation～ Exhibition of the luxury goods of Japan with a long history and traditions over the years. And Jo Nagasaka presents new Cart Stands in Japan traditional style.

HINOKISOKEN CO.,LTD.

“mezzo tinto”produced by Kawakami Motomi　

O-Bath mugen/infinity, a free-form wooden bathtub, and a deck chair made of natural wood, covered with ukiyoe-like ultramarine striped pattern curtain. Innovative thinking blended with traditional tub-production technology has embodied our challenge to infuse a new life into century-old Japanese bathing style by using domestic natural woods.

From spatial installations to collaboration products,
collaboration with top creators by companies representing Japan's high-tech skills and brilliant products will be showcased.

teamLab

teamLab is an Ultra-technologists group made up of specialists in the information society such as; Programmers (User Interface Engineers, Data Base Engineers, Network Engineers, Robot Engineers, Computer Vision Engineers, Software Architects), Mathematicians, Architects, CG Animators, Web Designers, Graphic Designers, Artists, Editors and more. Their main works include the below:

MediaBlockChair
Media Approach consists of 3 male connection, and 3 female connection light cube chairs. The cube, or block, is a stand alone chair. The female and male blocks can be joined together to make a bench, furniture or a wall. When the blocks are joined together information passes from the male block to the female and the color of the female block changes. Freely join the blocks to change the design and color of the space. The action of changing the function of the space changes the space, and the action itself also changes the space, giving enjoyment. This is the concept of “New Value in Behavior”.

Sketch Aquarium
This is an aquarium where sea creatures drawn by children come to life!
Children use their imagination to create colorful sea creatures on paper. These sea creatures then come to life as projections that enter a virtual sea, and begin to swim about freely. When children get close to the display, a piece of food appears before them, causing the creatures in the virtual sea to gather around it.

The TOKYO SKYTREE mural
the 1st Floor of TOKYO SKYTREE, it is 40metres in length and 3metres tall. 13 monitors are embedded in the wall and they form a seamless picture; with the parts of the mural in the monitors being animation.
In Japanese art, traditional there is no centre of focus, there is no fixed time frame, and a huge amount of information is depicted. This art work presents Tokyo as a mix of reality and fiction, history and future; it exceeds human limits and contains an overwhelming amount of hand drawn objects, and a colossal amount of information. Tokyo is a city made up of the stories of each and every person living here. That is what makes it such an exciting and interesting place. In Japanese art there are rakuchurakugaizu (views in and around the city of Kyoto) and edozubyoubu (scenes of Edo on folding screens), these art works have no central point of focus, they are ‘flat’, everything is depicted with the same degree of importance and they contain a vast amount of information even down to the stories of each and every individual.
We have created this picture of Tokyo as a continuation of the above form of artistic expression, incorporating the techniques of Ukiyoe and reproducing applicably the methods of Edo print using the latest digital technology to produce an art work that has no centre of focus, is flat, and contains a truly vast amount of information.
Based on our conviction that technological evolution brings about human evolution this mural exceeds previous human limits and forms a link of connecting the Tokyo of the Edo period to the Tokyo of the future.

Rhizomatiks

Founded in 2006, Rhizomatiks consists of an eclectic mix of creators, ranging from architects, media artists, musicians and programmers. Harnessing our passion and expertise in technical matters we are able to set free our imagination across the disciplinary boundaries of design, art and entertainment.
As we challenge existing formats from interactive designs to spatial design, the results have lead to the creations of new formats, which have been recognized through numerous awards received over the years. Some of these awards include: Prix Ars Electronica, Japan Media Arts Festival, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, and more.

Physicalizing Data by Rhizomatiks
Plan：Universal Music consolidated company ，Amuse Pictures, Inc.
Music：Yasutaka Tanaka（CAPSULE）
Creative direction ：MIKIKO（elevenplay）
Installation design：Seichi Sito（Rhizomatiks），Yoichi Sakamoto（Rhizomatiks）
Creative direction, Programming ：Daito Manabe（Rhizomatiks）
Image programming ：Ryo Hika（Rhizomatiks）
Image work ：McRAY CG，Daihei Shibata + Hiroshi Sato（white）
Work cooperation ：P.I.C.S.
Technical cooperation：Studio TED | Spin Inc.，Keizu, Inc. design lab
Modeling cooperation ：八十島プロシード株式会社，株式会社NTTデータエンジニアリングシステムズ
Sound design cooperation ：澤井妙治（Qosmo）

"Rate by Rhizomatiks"
Installation design ：Yoichi Sakamoto（Rhizomatiks）
Hardware：Shiro Ishibashi(Rhizomatiks)
Software：Daito Manabe (Rhizomatiks)
Work cooperation：Toshitaka Mochizuki、Momoko Nishimoto
Balloons by Tangibleinteraction

Cutting edge technological presentation by TeamLab and Rhizomatiks, 2 Japanese leading media art units.

In collaboration with the Yagicho Shop, established 270 years ago in Nihonbashi Tokyo, we will serve our visitors Dashi,
Japanese soup stock at the base of Japanese cuisine.